Engineers from several companies and countries came together on BIM platforms for a complex road infrastructure project in Norway. They say it would have been impossible to do any other way.
European route E6 is a 3,000-kilometer highway running the entire north-south length of Norway. In some remote parts of the country the E6 is the only road, so improving and maintaining this critical route is a high priority for the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. Much of the E6 is a single lane in each direction, which leads to congestion and a higher risk of accidents at bottleneck points. Such has been the case on the 23 kilometers between Ranheim and Værnes, a busy piece of road that connects the city of Trondheim to the region’s airport. A project was kicked off in 2020 to expand this key section of the E6 from two lanes to four. It’s expected to be completed by 2025. This is not just a simple road-widening project – it’s a complete transformation. Three new highway bridges are being built (more than 800 meters in total length), three new tunnels (some 7.3 kilometers in all), and multiple overpasses and culverts.
